Customer Reviews

Scandinavian Cooking

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After I was first married, I purchased the HP version of Scandinavian Cooking. Wore the cookbook out from almost daily use. Am so glad Scandinavian Cooking was reprinted, because all the recipes are keepers. Every cook should have a copy, especially if they are married to someone from Scandinavian descent.

My favorites were the Swedish Meatballs and Finnish Egg Cheese. Have yet to try them all but have not found one that I didn't like.

The recipies are great, as is the history and culture information. However, this book has zero pictures of the finished product. For a person of Scandinavian heritage this may not be a problem, but for somone who has never experience many of these dishes a picture of what i'm trying to create would be helpful. Additonally, the layout is non-traditional. I didn't think this would bother me when i ordered the book, but it is annoying when looking for a specific recipe. One needs to know which feast the recipie is associated with to locate the chapter it will be found. Both of these do not detract from the quality of the book or authenticity of the recipies, but they do impact my ability to enjoy the book.

A wonderful book that combines a little trivia, a little history, and a little understanding into a culture that is widely ignored yet offers some amazing flavors in the culinary experience. If you are going to purchase this book, buy it with the Scandinavian Baking companion, as the two go well together and will assist amazingly in the creation of your own smorgasbord! I have used the recipes as additions to traditional American favorites for the Christmas holiday season and have gotten rave reviews (from children AND adults!). If you are bold enough to try some interesting combinations (oranges and garlic, anyone?), you won't be disappointed.

It has a great look to it and the recipes look wonderful. It has Danish Kringle and I'm in the process of making that. I look forward to trying many more of the recipes soon. I'm going to order 2 more copies for my mother and friend.

This is a very simple, easy to follow cookbook full of every day recipes as well as special recipes for the holidays. I love almost everything Scandinavian, including this delightful cookbook!

This is a neat book with not only recipes but some history as well. I tried out some of the recipes for Christmas cooking, yummy.

No offense meant to the good peoples of Scandinavia when I say that a lot of the recipes in here are staggeringly unhealthy - and this is coming from an American. One recipe that comes to mind is "cream pudding": Simmer the richest cream you can find, skim off the butter fat and serve with the melted fat on the side. Wow, really?

There's also lots of "filler" recipes in here too, basically three or four one-ingredient variations on the same dish scattered throughout the book.

Most of the dishes are for holidays, and the menus are sometimes 10 or 15 dishes long! No way.

Most of the ingredients you've probably never heard of.

Further discouraging, the layout is confusing and and illogical, and the complete lack of pictures is a real problem for me since I have no idea what most of these dishes are supposed to look like, and googling them would be very impractical when up to the elbows in half-cooked fish and butter (most of these recipes seem to center around fish and butter and cream cooked over a bonfire).

Trust me - If you are not Scandinavian and are just curious as to what the food is like (as I was), don't start your exploration with this book. It's just a deeply humbling exercise in culture shock and frustration.